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The existence of black holes was first predicted by renowned physicist Albert Einstein. He used his general theory of relativity to discover black holes more than 100 years ago. Black holes are basically a place in space where gravity is extreme. The gravitational force doesn’t allow anything even the light to escape. Physicists have now […]
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A team of astronomers has managed to capture the most detailed images of the asteroid 216 Kleopatra. The sharpest images yet of the asteroid were captured by using the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT). The images helped the team of astronomers to develop the 3D shape and mass of the asteroid which […]
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China is further pressing for advancing its Mars program. The company recently managed to land a rover on the surface. It has described the mission as a huge success. Chinese scientists have now developed a prototype drone for future Mars missions. The drone is said to be quite similar to Ingenuity. Ingenuity is a Mars […]
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NASA is planning to launch a mission to Titan. Titan is an icy moon of Saturn. Scientists believe that the moon is home to organic molecules that are found on Earth. They are now recreating the conditions of Titan on Earth to understand Titan’s atmosphere. Researchers at Southern Methodist University recreated the chemistry of Titan […]
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NASA is planning to launch a mission to Saturn. It will be different from the previous Cassini mission. The US agency is planning to launch a rotorcraft. The flying robotic spacecraft will explore Titan which is among 82 known natural satellites of the gas giant. It is the largest moon in the ringed world. The […]
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Returning Martian samples to Earth is something that no space agency has achieved so far. According to NASA, its rover Perseverance is carrying instruments that can drill Martian rocks and collect them in a tube for a possible return to Earth during future missions. As planned, the rover recently tried to collect samples. However, it […]
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The entire world is looking for green alternatives with many even setting the target of reaching net-zero emissions by 2050. While there is a lot to be done in order to achieve this goal, many believed that ‘blue hydrogen’ could be the solution. There are many who are of the view that the use of […]
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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration or NASA is working consistently on sending astronauts on Mars. There are several missions that the US space agency is carrying to make this reality as soon as possible. NASA has already managed to understand the atmosphere and scientists are very well aware of how harsh it is. They […]
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Scientists have claimed to solve a mystery involving planet Jupiter. The X-ray auroras of Jupiter were unsolved for nearly four decades. Scientists used data obtained from NASA’s Juno mission and ESA’s XMM-Newton to solve the mystery. They claimed that flares of X-rays are similar to those on Earth. It suggests that the northern lights could […]
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China has harvested the first space rice. The first lot of cultivated rice had returned from space. The rice was cultivated from seeds. The rice was cultivated during the Chang’e-5 mission. It was a lunar exploration mission. Scientists have cultivated rice from 40 grams of seed. It had traveled to space with Chang’e-5. Scientists are […]
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NASA has fixed the glitch in Hubble Space Telescope. The telescope is in service for the last three decades. The telescope had gone down in June NASA. According to NASA, the telescope had suffered a glitch in its payload computer. The computer stopped working on June 13. NASA engineers said that the problem was likely […]
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Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has announced that he will be going up to space on July 20. The Amazon chief executive officers will be accompanied by his younger brother Mark Bezos. They will be flying to space onboard the maiden crewed flight of Blue Origin’s New Shepard. Blue Origin is an aerospace company founded by […]
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China is aggressively advancing its space programs. The country just landed a rover on Mars’ surface. It is the second country to achieve this feat. The Asian giant has now successfully tested the rover. It is named the Zhurong robot. The country’s space agency, CNSA, said that it drove Zhurong. The rover walked from its […]
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Scientists have decoded the mystery behind the high temperature of solar wind. When the solar wind reaches Earth, it is much hotter. Scientists have for long wondered why the wind is hot when it should cool down as it approaches Earth. Questions have been raised about why solar wind does not cool down fastly as […]
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Scientists are doing experiments to grow plants and harvest food in space. Any breakthrough in this could redefine the human’s approach to explore space, planets, and other celestial bodies. Food is one of the foremost concerns when space agencies plan a crewed mission. Astronauts for now have to carry food when they travel. They carry […]
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After several delays, Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin finally has a date for its first commercial passenger mission. This company said that its New Shepard suborbital vehicle is ready for a crewed launch in July. One of the first passengers who will go onboard the New Shepard suborbital vehicle will be selected through an online auction. […]
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Space enthusiast Elon Musk has once again rejiggled his Twitter bio. Musk has described himself as Imperator of Mars. The latest update has triggered talks about Musk’s next move in space technology. Musk has publicly said that he wants to set up a colony on Mars. He wants to send humans to the Red Planet. […]
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The first test flight of the Mars helicopter will take a few more days. NASA has announced a change in the schedule. It has delayed the flight by three days. The helicopter will attempt its first flight on April 11. It was originally slated to fly on April 8. The Mars helicopter is named Ingenuity. […]
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In a new study, scientists from the University of Oslo have discovered that one side of the earth’s interior has been losing its temperature much faster than the other side. They have created a model, which shows the loss of heat on the planet earth in the last 400 million years. The findings of the […]
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SpaceX once again failed to safely land its Starship prototype after a successful flight. SpaceX said that the SN10 Starship prototype managed to land at the designated site after carrying out a high-altitude test flight. But it exploded minutes after landing on the launching pad in Texas. Starship is a next-generation heavy-lift rocket. It is […]